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SBU announces capture of Russian secret service officers who tried to blow up car of SBU officer a couple days earlier. One of them - captured - is deputy of the Head of Ingushetia, travelling under fake Kyrgiz passport

This is Timur Dzortov (from his social media profile). Deputy to Head of Ingushetia. Captured by SBU under a fake Kyrgyz passport. Indeed, in 2014-2016 he flew extensively within Russia using "ID of Member of Parliament"

This is the Russian secret service officer who blew himself up earlier this month while placing a bomb under the car of a Ukrainian military intelligence officer. He also traveled under a fake ID. SBU says he is in hospital, and that he was coerced by GRU to do this job

Viktor Medvedchuk, Putin's man in Ukraine, tells the FT Russia has had it with Poroshenko and wants Ukraine to be normal. But enemies and former allies alike claim Kyiv's "prince of darkness" has done a tacit deal with Poroshenko ahead of Sunday's election

Head of UN Human Rights Mission visited Pisky village at the contact line in Ukraine's east and met its few remaining residents. Heavy shelling in 2014-2015 forced most people out. Hostilities must stop. Parties should adhere to ceasefire, comply with IHL and protect civilians.

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